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I may also take this opportunity to give figures of two half-dams 
of Sher Shah and one of Islam Shah from the Society’s collection, as 
a matter of convenience ; for, I believe, figures of them have never 
been published. They are simply miniatures of the coiTosponding 
dams. 
Plate VII, fig. II gives a specimen of Sher Shah’s half-dam of 
type I, variety 1, subvariety b. See ante, p. 156, and plate III, fig. 2. 
The mint is Kalpi ; and the date, on the obv. margin, barely visible, is 
95*. On the ohv. margin with the final placed across the 
alif of 6, is clear. Weight 152.86 grs. 
Plate VII, fig. 12 gives a specimen of the same king’s half-dam of 
type II, variety 1, subvariety a. See ante, pp. 168, 159, and plate III, 
fig. 13. The date is 951. The obverse reads clearly with 
the placed as above. Weight 156.01 grs. 
Plate VII, fig. 13 gives a specimen of Islam Shah’s half-dam, 
of type II, variety 2 or 3. On the reverse falls outside 
the face of the coin ; so also the date on the obverse. The die, used for 
these half-dams, was evidently the same as that for the dams. Weight 
153.09 grs. 
I may add, that I found among this lot of the Society’s coins, two 
curious forgeries ; viz., imitations in copper of silver rupees of Sher 
Shah and Islam Shah, which they resemble in size, thickness and 
design. One is an exact counterpart of Sher Shah’s rupee, as shown 
in the Indian Antiquary, vol. XVII, plate I, fig. 14, the other of Islam 
Shah’s rupee, as shown ibidem, plate II, fig. 29. Their execution is not 
very good, hut quite as good, as the silver originals. They look like 
old forgeries, intended to he silvered and passed as rupees. There is 
now no more any trace of silver to be seen on them. Their weight is a 
little short of that of a rupee, which would allow for the silver coating. 
Among a lot of rupees, lately received from Gurdaspur, in the 
Panjab, I found two of considerable interest. One is a rupee of Nadir 
Shah, struck in Peshawer in the year 1160 A. H. See Plate VII, fig. 
14. It is similar to those published by Mr. Rodgers in the Numismatic 
Ghronicle, vol. II (third Series), pi. XV, fig. 2, 3 ; but its date is his- 
